Player Dossier

2015-2017

Ball State

Nick Dowd

PK • 5'9" • 205 lbs • Westfield, IN, USA

Impact contributor

Nick Dowd shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Miami (OH) • Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Player Story

Nick Dowd built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a placekicker from Westfield, IN wearing No. 49, spending time with Ball State and Miami (OH). The clearest part of Nick Dowd's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7383

Westfield · Westfield, IN

Committed To
Miami (OH)
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Nick Dowd, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Miami (OH). Nick Dowd shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Nick Dowd quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
Top game
Cincinnati
Recruit profile
2-star · Westfield · Miami (OH)
High school pipeline
Westfield · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 49 · Class 2017

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2015 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)100100
2016 PostseasonMiami (OH)1200100
2016 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)1200100
2017 Regular SeasonBall State000-

Related Context

Nick Dowd is listed as a PK for Miami (OH) and Ball State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Miami (OH) paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami (OH), Ball State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2016 Postseason · Miami (OH)

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 0. Iowa: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Ohio: 0. Akron: 0. Kent State: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 0. Ball State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

— vs Mississippi State

Result
Mon 12/26@ Mississippi StateL 16-17
Wed 11/23vs Ball StateW 21-20
Sat 11/12@ BuffaloW 35-24
Fri 11/4vs Central MichiganW 37-17
Sat 10/29@ Eastern MichiganW 28-15
Sat 10/22@ Bowling GreenW 40-26
Sat 10/15vs Kent StateW 18-14
Sat 10/8@ AkronL 13-35
Sat 10/1vs OhioL 7-17
Sat 9/24@ CincinnatiL 20-27
Sat 9/17vs Western KentuckyL 24-31
Sat 9/3@ IowaL 21-45

Player Story

Nick Dowd story

Nick Dowd built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a placekicker from Westfield, IN wearing No. 49, spending time with Ball State and Miami (OH). The clearest part of Nick Dowd's career was his special-teams scoring: 65 kicking points, 11 made field goals on 14 attempts, and 32 extra points across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Miami (OH). Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State and Miami (OH).

The arc is straightforward: Nick Dowd moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Miami (OH)

    2015-2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ball State

    2017

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)0
2016 PostseasonMiami (OH)00
2016 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)00
2017 Regular SeasonBall State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Cincinnati

Week 3 · L 33-37

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Mississippi State

Week 1 · L 16-17 · Postseason

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 13 · W 21-20 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Buffalo

Week 11 · W 35-24 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 10 · W 37-17 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2016 Postseason · Miami (OH)

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games